Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Jan 11, 2013 Based  on  the recommendations of  Foreign   In vest ment   Promotion   Board  (FIPB) in its  meeting  held on December 21, 2012, the following relating to defense were deferred. M/s  Selex  Galileo Ltd., England To set up a JV to undertake the business of marketing, development, final assembly and test, system integration, in country support and other services to those products, primarily in defense electronics sector. M/s Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. To amend the  para  1 and 4 of the FC approval.  The company is engaged in the business of to develop, manufacture and provide service support for radar systems and various kinds of defense electronic systems and various kinds of defense electronic systems. M/s  Amertec      Systems Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi             Induction of foreign equity to carry  out the manufacturing...

DTI David Walsh Bethesda, Md. Neelam Mathews New Delhi Simulators enhance training without risk Play Hard, Fight Smart Militaries are redoubling efforts to improve the realism of training, while reducing the potential for injury or death to trainees, and cutting costs. An important way of doing this is by using commercial gaming technology in advanced multiplayer (MP) mission-simulation systems. The result is simulators with high data fidelity that give personnel—whether recruits or seasoned operators—exposure to realistic battle scenarios. The axiom that soldiers should train as they fight and fight as they train is becoming as true in virtual reality as in real life. Leslie Dubow, project director of the U.S. Army ’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumention (STRI), says intense interactive training has value. “Multiplayer games are inexpensive enough to train every soldier in the Army,” she remarks. “Simul...